Bevarly was born in 1961 and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Her grandmothers were Ruth Bevarly and Hazel Robinson.
In 1983, she obtained a B.A. with honors in English from the University of Louisville. She worked many diverse jobs, including an editorial assistant for a medical journal. In 1989, she published her first novel. Now, she is a New York Times bestselling author.
She married a member of the Coast Guard who was stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has also lived in Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, and South Jersey. In 1994, they had a son, and now they, their son and their two cats reside back in her native Kentucky.
Awards
Career Achievement Award, Romantic Times, for Series Love and Laughter
1996, National Readers' Choice Award, for The Perfect Father